Improvement in foldjng desks



ama sda 'am effet JOHN MILWAIN, or NASHVILLE,TENNESSEE.`

Letters Patent No. 111,230, dated January 24, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT I N FOLDING DESKS.

The Schedule referredto in these Letters Patent and making part o'f thesame.

To all whom it may concern v Be it known that I, JOHN MILWAIN, ofNashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, haveinvented a new and'improved Folding Desk; `and I do'hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the' same,reference being had to the accompanying draw' ing forming part of thisspecification. i

This invention relates to improvements in folding school-desks; and

It consists, in a combination with the folding table of the desk, of-strip or yplate for closing the opening at the joint where the table isfolded down, and an arrangement of 'the pivotjoints, bracing arms, and

. guide-grooves for the latter, for operating the table so -as to-etfectthe said closing of the joint, so that, when the table is folded down,theiback case beneath, will be closed dust proof.

v Figure 1 is an end elevation I of' my improved fold-` ing'desk 5'Figure 2 is a 'sectional elevation ofthe same, taken on the line a: xof iig. 3; and

Figure 3 is a 'side elevation. l Similar-letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts. v

A is the joint-closing plate or strip attached totlie desk-table B,atthe edge next` the joint, and under side, so as to project aonsiderabledist'ance from the said edge under the top C when the tableis raised'. The object of this is to swing, 'when the table is let down,against the 'under side of thev top C, so that the cased) foi' the bookswill be closed dust proof, the `table covering the openings E into saidcase, and the the vertically-elongated slots in strip Athe openingcaused by-the 'swinging of the edge of the table away from the-edge ofthe top C.

In order to arrange the pivots andthe bearings therefor so that thetable may he worked with this 'attachment and he adjusted snugly againstthev edge of' the top O when raised up, and also allow the table to folddown against ,the edges F of the end supports G., I have: provided thevertically-elongated holes H in thc said end supports, to allow thepivots L'mounted 4table is up, to afford them permanent seats, whereinthey are held by the locking-pawls P, which bear against then for thepurpose when in the said seats, and are lifted away tolet them escapefrom the seats to let the table fall.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure hy Letters Pat-` ent-' llie table orleaf B, -provided with the strip A, and attached to the bracket K,having pivots working in he frame, substantially as and for the purposespecified..

Witnesses:

v ADAM WooLF, P, M. Rampen.

